Pants-guard.



Patented Apr. 3. |900.

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(Application lezi Mar. 26, 1898.`|

(No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE..

GEORGE COLE, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO /VILLIAM GIBBS, CHARLES H. GIBBS, AND EBER J. HACKINBERG, ,OF SAME PLACE.

PANTS-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,488, dated April 3, 1900.

Application inea Mach 26, 189s.

To cal whom-t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. COLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pants-Guards; andvl do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX-.

act description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part Io of this specification, and to the letters of 'ref- .e1-ence marked thereon, infwhich- Figurel isaview showing the spring-guard provided with a lock. Fig. 2 is avewv of the key-guard. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the free ends of the lock-guard connected or locked together. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the lock, showing4 the opposite yend of the guard locked. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the lock-spring. Fig. 6 is atop view of the lock-spriu g. Fig. 7 isa view showing the key partially entered to unlock the guard.

The present invention has-relation to pan ts-' guard locks designed to be used to protect the pants during the'tirne a bicycle is propelled and to lock one of the wheels of the bicycle against rotation. p A

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. u

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the lock-guard, and B the key-guardtwo guards constituting a pair of pantsguards. Each of the guards is formed of thin spring-steel or like material, and they are so constructed vthat when in their normalcondition they will assume the positions illustrated in Figs. l and 2. The guard A is provided With the housing d, which housing is connected to one of the free ends of the guard by means of the rivet l) and the overlapping iianges c, which overlapping anges embrace the inner side of ythe guard A. Vithin the housing is located the lock-spring d, which lock-spring is substantially of the form shown in Figs. 5 and G, and, as shown, it is provided with the spring-tangs e, which springtangs are so formed that they will be inclined inward or toward each other. The lock-spring d is held in proper position by means of the housing aand the rivet b. The outer end or portion of the housing ais provided with the the guard.

SerialNo. 676,323. (No model.)

transverse slot f, which transverse slot is located directly opposite a transverse slot g, lformed in the guard A. The key-guard A is provided with the notched end or portion 7L, 55 which notched end is provided with. the notches lo, said'notches being located as illusl trated--in Fig. l.

Vhen it is desired to lock the free ends of the guard A together, the notched end or por- 6o tion h is extended or passed through the slots g and f,which brings said notched end between the spring clip-tangs e, said head crowding the spring tangs outward until the notches 7c come directly opposite said spring- 65 tangs, at which time theyautomaticallyem y gage the' notches and lock the free ends of the guard A together. yThen it is desired to un lock the guard A, the notched end of the guard B is inserted into the housing ct from the rear 7o under the lock spring d and between the spring-tangse, thereby sliding or moving the spring .tangs outward, so as to disengage them from lthe notches 7c, at-Which time the ends of the guard A are free to be separated or detached. It Will be understood that by changing the location of the rivet b either backward or for ward or to one side or the other and providing a notch, such as 7c', to correspond with the 8o location of the rivetthat is to say, forming -said notch of greater or less length or to one side or the other, so that the rivet b will come in the notch-a means will be provided whereby different keysor guards B cannot be used to unlock the 'guard A unless specially designed for the particular lock located upon For the purpose of providing a inished appearance and at the same time providing 9o suitable protection the guard A extends a short distance beyond the housing ct and forms the extension 702.

It will be understood that only a single rivet, such yas l), will be required to connect the housing and the vlock-spring d to the guard A.

In use it will be understood that the guards A and B constitute a pair, and are to be used in the ordinarymanner as pants-guards, and roo the guard A is to be used'as a lock, which is connected to one of the Wheels and to a iixed part of the bioyole-fran1e or its equivatransverse slot f formed in the housing, the lent. notched head or end formed upon the free Having fully described my invention, what end of the guard A, substantially as and for I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters the purpose set forth. r3 5 Patent, is In testimony that I claim the above I have The combination of the spring-guard A, i hereunto subscribed Inyuamein the presence the housing of a lool; a located upon one end of the spring-guard. and provided with the l overlapping flanges o, the key-operated look- Vitnesses:

1o springdelocated within the housing, the rivet QT. A. JEFFERS,

b connected to the guard and housing, the F. \V. BOND.

of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. COLE. 

